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A close photograph of a man seated on an ornate gold-and-red throne, facing right toward an unseen audience. He wears a red bindi and white forehead markings, has dark hair swept back, and is bare-shouldered with an orange-saffron cloth draped over his body. Heavy gold ceremonial beads hang at his neck. A black microphone on a stand is in the foreground at right. The gilded throne back with floral carving frames him against a deep red velvet backdrop. Swamiji (probable) appears as the seated speaker, identified by long swept-back hair, saffron clothing and gold necklace cues.